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Quantum mechanics and field theory with momentum defined on an anti-de-Sitter space
Relativistic dynamics with energy and momentum resricted to an anti-de-Sitter
space is presented, specifically in the introduction of coordiate operators
conjugate to such momenta. Definition of functions of these operators, their
differentiation and integration, all necessary for the development of dynamics
is presented. The resulting algebra differs from the standard Heisenberg one,
notably in that the space-time coordinates do not commute among each other. The
resulting time variable is discrete and the limit to continuous time presents
difficulties. A parallel approach, in which an overlap function, between
position and momentum states, is obtained from solutions of wave equations on
this curved space are also investigated. This approach, likewise, has problems
in the that high energy behavior of these overlap functions precludes a
space-time definition of action functionals.Comment: 10 pages, presented at a Conference in Honor of Murray Gell-Mann's
80th Birthday, 24-26 February, 2010, Nanyang Technical University, Sigapor
Breaking of de Sitter Symmetry
We show that an interacting spin-0 field on a de Sitter space background will
break the underlying de Sitter symmetry. This is done first for a (1+1) de
Sitter space where a boson-fermion correspondence permits us to solve certain
interacting theories by transforming them into free ones of opposite
statistics. A massless boson interacting by a sine-Gordon potential is shown to
be equivalent to a free massive fermion with the mass depending on the de
Sitter time thus breaking the symmetry explicitly. We then show that for larger
dimensions and any boson potential, to one loop, an anomaly develops and the
currents generating the de Sitter transformations are not conserved.Comment: Talk at Quarks, Strings and the Cosmos - H\'{e}ctor Rubinstein
Memorial Symposium, August 09-11, 2010 AlbaNova)Stockholm) Sweden 12 pages, 1
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Equations of Motion for Spinning Particles in External\\Electromagnetic and Gravitational Fields
The equations of motion for the position and spin of a classical particle
coupled to an external electromagnetic and gravitational potential are derived
from an action principle. The constraints insuring a correct number of
independent spin components are automatically satisfied. In general the spin is
not Fermi-Walker transported nor does the position follow a geodesic, although
the deviations are small for most situations.Comment: 7 pages set in Revtex I
Screening of Very Intense Magnetic Fields by Chiral Symmetry Breaking
In very intense magnetic fields, T, the breaking of
the strong interaction symmetry arranges itself so that
instead of the neutral field acquiring a vacuum expectation value it
is the charged field that does and the magnetic field is screened.
Details are presented for a magnetic field generated by a current in a wire; we
show that the magnetic field is screened out to a distance from the wire.Comment: 7 pages (using macropackage REVTEX II
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